(1.) Hebrews hah, a "ring" inserted in the nostrils of animals to which a cord was fastened for the purpose of restraining them (2 Kings 19:28; Isaiah 37:28, 29; Ezek. 29:4; 38:4). "The Orientals make use of this contrivance for curbing their work-beasts...When a beast becomes unruly they have only to draw the cord on one side, which, by stopping his breath, punishes him so effectually that after a few repetitions he fails not to become quite tractable whenever he begins to feel it" (Michaelis). So God's agents are never beyond his control.

(2.) Hakkah, a fish "hook" (Job 41:2, Hebrews Text, 40:25; Isaiah 19:8; Habakkuk 1:15).

(3.) Vav, a "peg" on which the curtains of the tabernacle were hung (Exodus 26:32).

(4.) Tsinnah, a fish-hooks (Amos 4:2).

(5.) Mazleg, flesh-hooks (1 Samuel 2:13, 14), a kind of fork with three teeth for turning the sacrifices on the fire, etc.

(6.) Mazmeroth, pruning-hooks (Isaiah 2:4; Joel 3:10).

(7.) `Agmon (Job 41:2, Hebrews Text 40:26), incorrectly rendered in the Authorized Version. Properly a rush-rope for binding animals, as in Revised Version margin.

Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language

1. (n.) A piece of metal, or other hard material, formed or bent into a curve or at an angle, for catching, holding, or sustaining anything; as, a hook for catching fish; a hook for fastening a gate; a boat hook, etc.

2. (n.) That part of a hinge which is fixed to a post, and on which a door or gate hangs and turns.

3. (n.) An implement for cutting grass or grain; a sickle; an instrument for cutting or lopping; a billhook.

4. (n.) See Eccentric, and V-hook.

5. (n.) A snare; a trap.

6. (n.) A field sown two years in succession.

7. (n.) The projecting points of the thigh bones of cattle; -- called also hook bones.

8. (v. t.) To catch or fasten with a hook or hooks; to seize, capture, or hold, as with a hook, esp. with a disguised or baited hook; hence, to secure by allurement or artifice; to entrap; to catch; as, to hook a dress; to hook a trout.

9. (v. t.) To seize or pierce with the points of the horns, as cattle in attacking enemies; to gore.

10. (v. t.) To steal.

11. (v. i.) To bend; to curve as a hook.